Top billed cast

1. 

   Deanna Durbin

   Jackie Lamont / Abigail Martin

2. 

   Gene Kelly

   Robert Manette

3. 

   Richard Whorf

   Simon Fenimore

4. 

   Dean Harens

   Charles Mason

5. 

   Gladys George

   Valerie de Merode

6. 

   Gale Sondergaard

   Mrs. Manette

7. 

   David Bruce

   Gerald Tyler

8. 

   Eddie Acuff

   Steve (uncredited)

9. 

   Fred Aldrich

   Bartender (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-04-09

Frank Loesser, Irving Berlin, Gene Kelly and a film called 'Christmas Holiday' does lead you to expect a decent doze of cheesy, breezy, snow-capped seasonal romance. Instead, we get something altogether different and I was pleasantly surprised. It all starts rather brutally as the loved-up 'Lt. Mason' (Dean Harens) is unceremoniously dumped by his fiancée on Christmas Eve, just as he is about to fly to San Francisco to propose. Despondent, he boards his plane only to have it diverted to New Orleans by a storm. Put up in an hotel for the night, he is befriended by a local journalist who in tur...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• airplane
• flashback
• film noir
• murder
• reporter
• roman catholic church